.**TALENT ACQUISITION LEAD****Location: Guadalajara, Mexico****INTRODUCTION**:As a Talent Acquisition Team Lead, you will play a pivotal role in channeling our scientific capabilities to make a positive impact on changing patients' lives.Talent Acquisition helps to deliver AstraZeneca's ambitious business strategy through recruiting outstanding (internal and external) talent to meet the needs and demands of the business. Talent Acquisition at AstraZeneca is transforming.About AstraZeneca:At AstraZeneca, we put patients first and strive to meet their unmet needs worldwide. Working here means being entrepreneurial, thinking big and working together to make the impossible a reality. If you are swift to action, confident to lead, willing to collaborate, and curious about what science can do, then you're our kind of person.**THE OPPORTUNITY**:In this role you will be developing and implementing recruitment strategies in partnership with the Human Resources Business Partners, Senior Business Leaders and Hiring Managers to identify and fill vacancies with qualified individuals with the right capability and skills in a timely and cost efficient manner. This will include proactive activity anticipating talent needs, developing and implementing sourcing plans, screening, interviewing, pre-selecting, offer management and managing the hiring administration process.**EXPLAIN WHAT THE ROLE INVOLVES**- Manage employee referral, improving opportunities to use employee knowledge & networks. Takes accountability for programme reputation and improvement- Develop advertising (print & online) initiatives, driving consistency, quality, and influencing (cost) efficiency of media spend. Evaluates existing framework with Employer Brand Strategy role holder- Develops and manages AstraZeneca's approach to on-line job boards, selecting and managing appropriate suppliers aligned with forecast, and measuring effectiveness- Develops and manages AstraZeneca's approach to recruitment communication materials and collateral, ensuring high quality on-brand output, including offer packs, brochures and event support materials. Influence an appropriate balance between the (cost) effectiveness of print vs. online- Develops innovative channels to market and assesses the value of new sourcing tools (in partnership with Talent & Strategic Workforce Team) & other relevant collaborators. E.G. social networking tools, web 2.0 technologies et al